Frisket (art material)
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A frisket is a plastic sheet with an adhesive backing used in airbrushing to mask off specific areas of an image so that only the exposed area is covered with paint.
They are vital tools in airbrushing, because they allow the artist to control paint spray, create special effects, achieve extreme precision, control edge attributes and to expedite the airbrushing process.
They differ from a mask created from other materials, because one sheet covers the entire area and then part of it is removed by cutting it from the sheet.
Both matte and glossy are available. Some friskets are also solvent proof and manufactured for the custom airbrushing industry which uses solvent reduced and based urethanes.
[edit] Using friskets
The frisket is fixed to the painting surface and then the appropriate shapes are cut out of the material using a very sharp knife or scalpel. The cut piece is lifted, the exposed area painted and the process repeated with the remaining shapes. when all painting is finished, the frisket is removed leaving precise shapes with no overspray.
